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Someway, up thar in th 'gulch I got t' seemin 'so sort of important
A Mountain Woman Elia Wilkinson Peattie 1898
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Someway, up thar in th 'gulch I got t' seemin 'so sort of important t' myself, and my makin 'my stake seemed such a big thing, that I thought I had only t' come down here t 'Helena t' have folks want t 'know me.
A Mountain Woman 1896
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Every other man seemed to be a-holdin 'off, not willin' seemin'ly that she should have one, and
Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 3 Marietta Holley 1881
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Every other man seemed to be a-holdin 'off, not willin' seemin'ly that she should have one, and
Samantha Among the Brethren, Complete Marietta Holley 1881
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But for a man o 'seemin'ly close habits, you're terribly flippant with your loose gold. "
Nicky-Nan, Reservist Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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Perhaps Mr. McNamara might be familiar with a line the seminal jazz pianist Fats Waller is said to have once quipped, "Only music is real, everything else is just 'seemin (g)'."
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Mindful of A Murder of Crows starring Cuba Gooding Jr., WORST NIGHTMARES is a terrific thriller as Nolan crumbling under writing pressure to produce his next novel takes a seemin shortcut that leaves him in a greater pressure cooker.
Worst Nightmares-Shane Brian « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2009
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Sry bout teh “seemin 2 yell” I wuz gettin frustr8ed.
narkaleptik kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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"The seemin 'of it is she vanished into the atmosphere like a human camphor flake."
The Lunatic Fringe DeAndrea, William L. 1980
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It's like knowin 'the weak p'ints of a vessel, ye ain't goin' t 'strain the weak p'ints, once ye know 'em, an' like as not the vessel'll last twice as long as a seemin 'sound boat.
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